plasko20 said:From what I have gathered on this website, I anticipate that seedlings do not flower normally anyways in their first few years until they settle down into a routine. But that is only from reading other people's comments. So, even 'naturally' flowering daylilies time of flowering is not to be trusted in the very early phase of growth. I could be 100% wrong, I am just going by what others have said about their own seedlings.
When a daylily seedling first flowers will depend on several factors. One of those is when the seed is germinated. Seeds that are planted outside in the late autumn and that then germinate in the spring would be expected to flower at some time in the future at their "regular" time for that location and growing environment. If daylily seeds are started inside, at times that are not possible outside naturally, then when they first flower may have little or no relationship to their "regular" time outside.
Daylilies, like most perennials have a juvenile period when they do not flower (under natural conditions). The length of perennial juvenile periods is typically related to plant size. That is almost certainly the situation with daylilies. So how well a daylily seedling is grown will strongly affect when it will first flower. That is especially true when the seedling is grown inside under grow lights or in a greenhouse or both.
